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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... unexpectedly, renewing fears the eurozone's biggest economy could tip into recession. The index of investor confidence compiled by the ZEW economic institute fell to minus 15.7 points in November from minus 11.5 in October. The euro recovered to $1.2715 ...

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... follow the Fed, the ECB and the BOJ down the quantitative easing path. The good news out of Europa doesn't stop here folks. ZEW Center for European Economic Research index of investor and analyst expectations improved to minus 11.5 this month from minus ...

Get up and go on board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... 1.6%. Good news for the ECB if it's thinking of engaging in some stimulating. German economic sentiment improves markedly. The ZEW Economic Sentiment Indicator rocketed by 32.2 points to -21.6 in January - the highest since July last year. While the ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... Goldilocks moment with financial markets - it's either too hot or too cold. There were some bad news bears in Europe too. Germany's ZEW index of economic sentiment declined for the sixth straight month to a one-year low in October. The index of consumer ...

Looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... their reputations for unbiased judgment to the very companies they were standing in judgment upon." Still in Europe, Germany's ZEW investor confidence index fell for a third straight month to a 15-month low of 21.2 in July from 28.7 in the previous month. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... helped after recent worries that Europe's powerhouse economy might have faltered in the first quarter. The closely watched ZEW economic research institute said its financial sector indicator jumped eight points to 53 points on the back of strong exports ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... production declined by another 0.7 per cent year-on-year in August after a 1.7 per cent fall in the previous month. Germany's ZEW economic sentiment survey dropped to -63.0 in October from -41.1 in the previous month. The UK's unemployment rate rose ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... estimate of Eurozone inflation and the German Ifo index this week, particularly given last week's mixed readings from the German ZEW index, better-than-expected results in the Eurozone purchasing managers indices (PMI) - manufacturing and services - ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... softening global economy. Europe: Financial market's will focus on the Eurozone's purchasing managers' index (PMI) data and the ZEW economic sentiment survey this week. The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) economic sentiment index is expected ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... cent during the fourth quarter of last year so that on an annual basis growth is now running at a healthy 3.5 per cent. The ZEW survey of economic sentiment saw the strongest growth since July 2006 and the so-called current situation index saw the new ...